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GBA, DS Points Of Interest @ EB/GameStop

- Had a chance to wander around my local Bay Area GameStop store yesterday, and spotted a few details and interesting products for Nintendo's handhelds that might be of interest to GameSetWatch readers - as follows:

- Firstly, Atlus' Game Boy Advance version of puzzle game Polarium is available for $9.99 new - also on the website, but obviously you'll avoid shipping charges if you buy it from the store. Tony 'Tablesaw' Delgado did a whole column on the game late last year, and some say it's even superior to the DS version, so it's worth checking out.

- Not sure how long it's been this cheap, but GBA title Drill Dozer is now $14.99 new at GameStop. It's by Pokemon tykes Game Freak, and here's a handy Onion A.V. Club mini-review: "Reach areas by drilling through tunnels, open doors by drilling cranks, defeat enemies by drilling into their gaping mouths. Yup, [main character] Jill is hardcore like that." Ignoring Freudian issues, might be time for those who haven't to pick this up, as I did.

- I didn't buy this one, but Capcom Classics Mini Mix for GBA is also now $9.99 new, and Armchair Arcade just made a little post about it, handily. Interestingly, "...the games included here are oldies but goodies and are were originally NES ports of arcade games that are heavily changed from the originals in effective ways." And it's got a SD version of Final Fight called Mighty Final Fight, even. Probably not amazing, but intriguing.

- Two final oddities: just available for DS at $20, Namco Bandai's Trioncube hasn't been that well reviewed, but seems quirky and different, at least. Brandon found some nice commercials promoting it in Japan. And I ran into a game that you haven't heard of - Destination Games' Lionel Trains: On Track, apparently a DS-ish Railroad Tycoon type game which, at least according to reviews so far, isn't very good. But it's unknown!

Comments

The Capcom Classics Mini Mix is definitely worth picking up for $10, solely for the near-perfect emulation of Bionic Commando, which is, for my money, one of the greatest games of all time. However, they botched the emulation for Strider and it has consistent, terrible slowdown which ruins the game's flow, particularly when it comes to the (otherwise very wonderful) music. Mighty Final Fight is okay, I guess.

if you really wanted to treat yourself, you could sign up for an Amazon.com Visa card, and use the free $30 to buy both the DS and GBA Polarium games, including shipping, and still have $0.19 left over. Then just cut up the card with scissors and be done with it. It's a great way to support original game design and intelligent entertainment, without having to fork over a dime.

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